BAGHDAD, Iraq - Former Marine Oliver North says Americans don't send their sons or daughters off to fight for gold or colonial conquest. "We do it to give other people the hope of freedom, and that's what they've done here in Iraq."

Myanmar's military regime allowed the U.N. humanitarian chief into the Irrawaddy delta for a brief tour on Monday, a U.N. official said, but the junta will not allow uncontrolled access to Western relief workers.

Chinese work crews continued to find survivors buried in massive mounds of rubble that once were firm buildings, Friday. Some of the survivors of China's devastating 7.9 quake had been buried for as long as four days.